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Does anyone have the part number, or the right name, for the valve cover breather gaskets? I'm having trouble finding the gaskets in some of the OEM online catalogs.

Man that's tragic! I've been reading about Blu since i joined the forum. May Blu rest in peace.

How fast was that record?

Maybe a scangauge.

If you’re trying to max your fuel economy you might try using a block heater. I put mine on a timmer to start two hours before I leave for work. Saves fuel, keeps me warm, and my car doesn't make that Subaru piston slap noise on cold days. I don't know if it save's money, but we have relatively cheap power, 5 cents a KWH, so I don't care.

I think a narrower tire would help some, but it wouldn't save you the cost of the new tires. If you do get new tires, look for tires that are advertised to save fuel, they should have lower rolling resistance. When I went with slightly bigger tires my gas mileage did decrease slightly, but I think it was under 1%. I'll try and pull out the records and calculate the average today.

That sounds like an interesting read. Is the paper available online?

I'm in the 'any oil is fine as long as you change it group.' My outback did its first 200,000 miles on cheap dino oil. Somewhere Around 230,000 I switched to synthetic because I could get mobile 1 at the same price. Oh and I change it every 5 to 6 k.

Has anyone ever replaced the speaker in the under seat box? I don't mean replacing the whole unit, just the speaker. If so, what did you use?

Thanks for the advice. The noise is gone! I took the brakes apart thoroughly cleaned everything, re-lubed the slide pins, and put fresh anti squeal on the back of the pads. Everything looked good, but there was a lot of dust packed in everywhere. I'm guessing the pads were just not sliding freely from the dust build up.

I've had this problem as well. Some brands of axle nuts are not as long as the others. But I don't think this would explain your main problem.

Nope. They are pretty new though. Only about 5k.

I have squealing sound coming from the front left tire when i'm turning right, fast or slow. The break being lightly applied doesn't seem to matter. I can't feel any play in the bearing when i grab the top and bottom of the tire and push and pull. The sound is there, but quieter, when i slowly rotate the tire by hand. Any ideas are appreciated.

I accidentally put my car into reverse while going down a hill today..... that'd what i did to it today.

I've never done it, but i'd love to see pictures if you do.

A 10' piece of 3/4" rigid conduit has always worked for me. Although i did break a half inch craftsman extension this way once. Luckily craftsman has a life time warranty.

I live a couple hours from the PDX airport. I really appreciate the offer though. I think i'm going to see i can find one on craigslist for cheap, if i do I'll sell for like $25 on here.

wow, thats crazy. I would never have found that.

I bet you're fun to be around....

If you care, here is a great thread on fixing the lights in climate control. Its really easy to do. On page two it gives a radio shack part number that are a lot cheaper than dealer lamps. (http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/change-heater-control-lights-95-99-legacy-26408.html As for the stock radio, i'm pretty sure you have to solder in some new lights,but it's cake.. I i used an LED and a resistor so i wouldn't have do it again.

i had the same problem. All my tires appeared equal and in good shape. It ended up being tires that where out of round (never knew that could happen). Try rotating your tires to see if it gets better or worse.

Mine have been bypassed for years. I'm not saying it's a good ideal, just that i personally haven't had any problems. I can't remember why i did it though, i think one of the hoses had a leak and it was just going to be a "temporary repair"

That was not my experience with radiator barn. There website said i should get it in two days. After four days i called to see if i could get a tracking number, they acted really put out to get it, but they did. it ended up taking a full five days after i ordered it. Fine, sometimes things get delayed, but there was no reason for them to be rude.

I switched my 1997 2.5 litter to syntetiic at 200k just becuase i got a great deal on oil. It's still running fine 50k latter, but i'm sure it would be running the same on dino oil too. Also i run 10-30 sometimes in the summer if i'm going to be towing or what not. It doesn't seem to make it tick any more than other subs do when cold......